Ohio State at Navy

Saturday, November 8, 1930

Ohio State beat Navy 27–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayOhio State5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1930
27
HomeNavy6–⁠5 in 1930
0

FinalHigh 56°F, low 27°FAttendance 45,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: zUPPKE PREDICTS BADGERS DEFEAT Victory Would Give Wildcat at Least Tie for Big Ten Championship.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 14, 1930, page 1

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    zUPPKE PREDICTS BADGERS DEFEAT Victory Would Give Wildcat at Least Tie for Big Ten Championship. Illinois Coach. - I’VE me a foot ball team II that has higher average ~ speed and more agility than the other fellow, for it will win nine times out Of ten. That is why I think Northwest ern will take Wisconsin in the most important Big Ten battle tomorrow. Northwestern’s personnel as whole is faster than the Badgers, and more agile. One bad break for Northwestern is the probability that Rentner, their best passer, will not play. Coach Hanley Lee Hanley, but they are not as good as Rentner, who Is probably the best in the conference except Harry New man, Michigan. Rentner’s accurate throws to Baker turned the tide against Illinois and Ohio State after the North western running attack had been halt ed, and II the Badgers are stubborn his loss viii hurt q lot. However, with Bruder showing the stuff he did against Indiana the North western running attack should be Wisconsin has a sturdy veteran OUTFIT which, as is usual with veterans, plays more mechanically than spiritedly, but it Is also true that veteran squads have one good game in their systems, and this may be It. Against Purdue the Badgers were dumb on forward pass defense,. and 1t will be fatal II they pernit the Northwestern receivers to get behind them. BADGERS Given Chance. Wisconsin has the potential strength to make this q great contest, and while Badgers q chance If Northwestern wins, the worst they can get out of 1t is tie for the championship. Some Wolverine enthusiast took me to task for saying that I had seen bet ter Michigan teams, but perhaps he is too young to recall the golden days Of Friedman and Oosterbaan at Ann Arbor. Michigan has a rugged de- | fensive team that must depend entirely on Newman’s passing. without him the wolverines are scoreless Micfigan’s’ line Is faster than Minnesota’s and just as sturdy, while Minnesota’s backfield is faster. This is likely to be a tough, defensive scrap on both sides, but Newman’s powerful and unerring shots VIII decide it for Michigan, / | think. A Michigan victory will practically insure q share at least in the cham pionship, as Chicago is the only renaming opponent for the Wolverines Our scout tells me that Ohio State might have considerably increased its 27–⁠0 score against Navy If Navy had not used the quick kick so effectively to get out of holes, gaining IS yards there by. Coach Willaman has done a fine job in developing his team after q dis eyes to beat Pittsburgh. Usually, when a coach moves a senior from his regular position, the result Is not happy, but Wesley Fesler has made brilliant

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES 2 ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 10, 1930, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES 2 ON SATURDAY The. following are scores of i’m portant football games played las Saturday in various parts of the States: Army 13; Illinois 0. Cornell 54 Hobart O. Georgia T; New York University Michigan 6; Harvard 3. Yale 66; Alfred 0. Brown 32; Tufts T. Pittsburgh r; Carnegie Tech 6. Syracuse T; Penn State 0. Notre Dame 60; Pennsylvania 20. Georgetown 20; Boston College 19. Fordham IS; Detroit University T. Duke IA; Kentucky ‘. F Dartmouth 43 Alleghany IA. Colgate 54; Columbia O. Lehigh 13; Princeton g. North Dakota State II; Michigan State 19. z Ohio State 27; Navy 0. Nebraska 16; Kansas 0. Purdue 26; Chicago T. Northwestern 25; Indiana O. Washington State 33; Idaho ‘. Stanford, 25; University of Wash- ington ‘. Vanderbilt 6; Georgia Tech 0. Iowa O; Missouri IA. Wisconsin 58; South Dakota State ‘. Alabama 20; Florida O. < Texas and M. T; Southern Metho- dist 13. Wyoming 21; Colorado Aggies 6. Texas Christian 20; Rice 0. Oregon T; University of California at Los Angeles 0. Southern California “A; California O.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Navy 68% to win. Ohio State pulled the upset.

Ohio State leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
2014Ohio State 34, Navy 17
2009Ohio State 31, Navy 27
1981Ohio State 31, Navy 28Liberty Bowl
1931Ohio State 20, Navy 0
1930Ohio State 27, Navy 0

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